run402 4.42.0 → 4.44.0

package/sdk/dist/node/gitvault-publication.js

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ import { mkdtempSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { LocalError, isRun402Error } from "../errors.js";
-import { GITVAULT_FORMAT, GITVAULT_GENESIS_EPOCH, GITVAULT_GENESIS_GENERATION, GITVAULT_HEX16_RE, GITVAULT_OID40_RE, GITVAULT_SUITE, deriveDigestKey, deriveObjectKey, ekFingerprint, formatGitvaultTimestamp, fromBase64url, hexToBytes, jcs, keyedCommitment, newGitvaultId, objectsetContent, openBindingPreimage, openFrame, parseGitvaultStrict, sealFrame, sealKeyEnvelope, sha256Hex, signGitvaultObject, storedBytes, verifyGitvaultObject, } from "../namespaces/gitvault.crypto.js";
+import { GITVAULT_FORMAT, GITVAULT_GENESIS_EPOCH, GITVAULT_GENESIS_GENERATION, GITVAULT_HEX16_RE, GITVAULT_OID40_RE, GITVAULT_SUITE, attemptKeyCommitment, bytesToHex, checkFreshEpochKeyAgainstPriorKeys, checkHPartition, computeRotationId, computeTargetPartitionDigest, deriveDigestKey, deriveObjectKey, ekFingerprint, epochRotationKeyCommitment, formatGitvaultTimestamp, fromBase64url, hexToBytes, jcs, keyEnvelopeLedgerId, keyedCommitment, newGitvaultId, newHex32, nextEpoch, objectsetContent, openBindingPreimage, openFrame, openKeyEnvelope, parseGitvaultStrict, pinManifestLedgerId, randomBytes, sealFrame, sealKeyEnvelope, sha256Hex, signGitvaultObject, storedBytes, storedBytesSha256, toBase64url, verifyGitvaultObject, } from "../namespaces/gitvault.crypto.js";
+import { GITVAULT_ZERO_SHA256_SENTINEL } from "../namespaces/gitvault.types.js";
 import { crossProfileGitvaultHint } from "./gitvault-profile-scan.js";
 import { GITVAULT_DEPLOY_REF, hardenedGit, hasObject, isAncestor } from "./gitvault-snapshot.js";
 // ─── Constants (constants.json) ──────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -340,11 +341,14 @@ export function assertNoTransition(head) {
     fail("UPGRADE_REQUIRED", `head ${head.generation} carries an admitted "${head.transition.kind}" transition this client cannot validate; staying read-only at the materialized pin and refusing to publish past it`, "verifying head chain", { generation: head.generation, kind: head.transition.kind }, [{ action: "upgrade the client; the vault stays readable at the materialized pin" }]);
 }
 const HEX16 = "[0-9a-f]{16}";
-/** Ordered longest-suffix-first so `.ticket.json` is never eaten by `.enc`. */
+const SHA256 = "[0-9a-f]{64}";
+/** Ordered longest-suffix-first so `.ticket.json` is never eaten by `.enc`, and the rotation-scoped envelope pattern before the plain one so it never matches short. */
 const PATH_PATTERNS = [
     [new RegExp(`^head/(${HEX16})$`), (m) => ({ kind: "head", generation: m[1] })],
     [new RegExp(`^admissions/(${HEX16})$`), (m) => ({ kind: "admission", generation: m[1] })],
+    [new RegExp(`^envelopes/(${HEX16})/(${SHA256})/(ek_[0-9a-f]{32})$`), (m) => ({ kind: "object", read: { object_kind: "key_envelope", epoch: m[1], rotation_id: m[2], recipient_fingerprint: m[3] } })],
     [/^envelopes\/([0-9a-f]{16})\/(ek_[0-9a-f]{32})$/, (m) => ({ kind: "object", read: { object_kind: "key_envelope", epoch: m[1], recipient_fingerprint: m[2] } })],
+    [new RegExp(`^recipient-pins/(${HEX16})\\.json$`), (m) => ({ kind: "object", read: { object_kind: "recipient_pin_manifest", pin_manifest_version: m[1] } })],
     [/^wal\/(wal_[0-9a-f]{32})\.pack\.enc$/, (m) => ({ kind: "object", read: { object_kind: "wal_pack", object_id: m[1] } })],
     [/^refs\/(refs_[0-9a-f]{32})\.enc$/, (m) => ({ kind: "object", read: { object_kind: "ref_state", object_id: m[1] } })],
     [/^retention\/(rr_[0-9a-f]{32})\.enc$/, (m) => ({ kind: "object", read: { object_kind: "retention_roots", object_id: m[1] } })],
@@ -378,9 +382,19 @@ export function gitvaultManifestEntry(object) {
     }
     return entry;
 }
-/** The stable key both sides agree on, used to pair receipts back to requests. */
+/**
+ * The stable key both sides agree on, used to pair receipts back to
+ * requests — MIRRORS the gateway's `keyEnvelopeLedgerId`/`pinManifestLedgerId`
+ * (services/gitvault/epoch-rotation.ts) exactly; drift here breaks receipt
+ * pairing at upload finalize for a rotation-attempt envelope or a pin
+ * manifest.
+ */
 export function gitvaultLedgerId(read) {
-    return read.object_kind === "key_envelope" ? `key_envelope:${read.epoch}:${read.recipient_fingerprint}` : String(read.object_id);
+    if (read.object_kind === "key_envelope")
+        return keyEnvelopeLedgerId(read.epoch, read.recipient_fingerprint, read.rotation_id ?? null);
+    if (read.object_kind === "recipient_pin_manifest")
+        return pinManifestLedgerId(read.pin_manifest_version);
+    return String(read.object_id);
 }
 function b64(bytes) { return Buffer.from(bytes).toString("base64"); }
 function b64u(bytes) { return Buffer.from(bytes).toString("base64url"); }
@@ -445,6 +459,20 @@ export function createGitvaultHttpTransport(client, options = {}) {
                 return null;
             if (isRun402Error(e) && e.code === "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND")
                 return null;
+            // A known live gateway gap (confirmed 2026-08-27 against
+            // src_c78d2f710a8f49d22f9c66faf2a915cd): `POST …/object-reads`
+            // validates every null-idScalar (path-addressed) object_kind against
+            // key_envelope's `{epoch, recipient_fingerprint}` shape, never having
+            // been generalized for the SECOND path-addressed kind D197 shipped —
+            // `recipient_pin_manifest`'s real `{pin_manifest_version}` fields —
+            // so a genuine read always 400s `"epoch must be 16 hex"`. This is a
+            // read-back of a manifest neither uploaded nor cached by THIS
+            // keystore (a cache hit in `readPinManifestObject` never reaches
+            // here at all) — re-thrown with an attribution that names the gap
+            // instead of leaving a caller to read this as a client validation bug.
+            if (ref.read.object_kind === "recipient_pin_manifest" && isRun402Error(e) && e.code === "VALIDATION_FAILED") {
+                throw new LocalError(`the gateway's object-reads route does not yet accept recipient_pin_manifest reads by pin_manifest_version (its null-idScalar branch is still hardcoded to key_envelope's epoch/recipient_fingerprint shape) — this vault's pin manifest at ${path} cannot be read back over the network by a keystore that did not itself just publish it`, "reading gitvault object", { code: "GITVAULT_PIN_MANIFEST_READ_UNSUPPORTED", details: { path, pin_manifest_version: ref.read.pin_manifest_version }, cause: e });
+            }
             throw e;
         }
         const target = presigned.reads[0];
@@ -590,6 +618,20 @@ export function createGitvaultHttpTransport(client, options = {}) {
         findVaultByRepo: ({ org_slug, repo_name }) => client.request(`/gitvault/v1/vaults?repo=${encodeURIComponent(`${org_slug}/${repo_name}`)}`, { context: "resolving the gitvault by repo address" }),
         listOrgEncryptionKeys: ({ org_id }) => client.request(`/orgs/v1/${encodeURIComponent(org_id)}/encryption-keys`, { context: "reading the org encryption-key directory" }),
         listEnvelopeRecipients: ({ repo_id }) => client.request(`${base(repo_id)}/envelope-recipients`, { context: "reading the gitvault envelope recipients" }),
+        // ── epoch rotation (D193-D203, rev 42, §9.2) ──
+        async createRotationAttempt({ repo_id, descriptor }) {
+            const res = await client.request(`${base(repo_id)}/rotation-attempts`, {
+                method: "POST",
+                body: descriptor,
+                context: "creating a gitvault rotation attempt",
+            });
+            return { rotation_id: res.rotation_id, descriptor: res.descriptor, deduplicated: res.deduplicated ?? false };
+        },
+        confirmRecipient: ({ repo_id, principal_id, new_fingerprint }) => client.request(`${base(repo_id)}/recipients/${encodeURIComponent(principal_id)}/confirm`, { method: "POST", body: { new_fingerprint }, context: "confirming a gitvault recipient's first pin" }),
+        repinRecipient: ({ repo_id, principal_id, old_ek_fingerprint, new_fingerprint }) => client.request(`${base(repo_id)}/recipients/${encodeURIComponent(principal_id)}/repin`, { method: "POST", body: { old_ek_fingerprint, new_fingerprint }, context: "re-pinning a gitvault recipient" }),
+        declareRecipientKeyRevoked: ({ repo_id, principal_id }) => client.request(`${base(repo_id)}/recipients/${encodeURIComponent(principal_id)}/key-revocation`, { method: "POST", body: {}, context: "declaring a gitvault recipient key revoked" }),
+        declareEpochSecretExposed: ({ repo_id }) => client.request(`${base(repo_id)}/epoch-secret-exposure`, { method: "POST", body: {}, context: "declaring a gitvault epoch secret exposed" }),
+        declareWriterAuthorityUnavailable: ({ repo_id }) => client.request(`${base(repo_id)}/writer-authority/declare-unavailable`, { method: "POST", body: {}, context: "declaring gitvault writer authority unavailable" }),
         acquireMaintenanceLease: ({ repo_id, base_head_sha256, current_checkpoint_hash, r1_size_bytes, r2_cap_size_bytes, p_before_c1_size_bytes, p_before_c2_size_bytes }) => client.request(`${base(repo_id)}/maintenance-leases`, {
             method: "POST",
             body: {
@@ -660,8 +702,18 @@ export const gitvaultPaths = {
     cutoffTicket: (id) => `retention/${id}.ticket.json`,
     /** `verifier-receipts/<vr>.json` — plaintext-structured, uploaded before a prune intent may reference it (§7.3). */
     verifierReceipt: (id) => `verifier-receipts/${id}.json`,
-    /** `envelopes/<epoch>/<recipient_fingerprint>` — mirrors `gitvault-creation-journal.ts`'s private `envelopePath` (the genesis creator's envelope); this is the same addressing for every OTHER recipient's `key_envelope`. */
-    envelope: (epoch, recipientFingerprint) => `envelopes/${epoch}/${recipientFingerprint}`,
+    /**
+     * `envelopes/<epoch>/<recipient_fingerprint>` — mirrors
+     * `gitvault-creation-journal.ts`'s private `envelopePath` (the genesis
+     * creator's envelope); this is the same addressing for every OTHER
+     * recipient's `key_envelope`. `rotationId` present (D195, rev 42) widens
+     * this to `envelopes/<epoch>/<rotation_id>/<recipient_fingerprint>` — a
+     * rotation-attempt envelope's own path (protocol §1: `rotation_id`
+     * ABSENT, never explicit null, in the genesis/ADD-workaround case).
+     */
+    envelope: (epoch, recipientFingerprint, rotationId) => rotationId ? `envelopes/${epoch}/${rotationId}/${recipientFingerprint}` : `envelopes/${epoch}/${recipientFingerprint}`,
+    /** `recipient-pins/<pin_manifest_version>.json` (D197, rev 42) — version-addressed, plaintext-structured, writer-signed. */
+    pinManifest: (pinManifestVersion) => `recipient-pins/${pinManifestVersion}.json`,
 };
 /** A transport-agnostic view of git ops the publication needs (the local repository). */
 export class GitvaultVault {
@@ -988,8 +1040,17 @@ export class GitvaultVault {
         return { repo_id: this.repoId, org_id: repo.org_id, epoch, wrapped, already_covered: alreadyCovered, skipped };
     }
     // ── object building ──
-    seal(kind, objectId, plaintext, path) {
-        const sealed = sealFrame({ k_obj: deriveObjectKey(this.kRepo(), this.repoId, this.epoch(), kind, objectId), repo_id: this.repoId, object_kind: kind, object_id: objectId, epoch: this.epoch(), plaintext });
+    /**
+     * `keyOverride` (D194, rev 42): a `rotate_epoch` head's OWN `ref_state`/
+     * `retention_roots` must be sealed under the NEWLY-sampled `K_e` at the
+     * NEW epoch, never under `this.kRepo()`/`this.epoch()` (the about-to-be-
+     * superseded current key) — every other call site keeps calling `seal`
+     * with no override, unaffected.
+     */
+    seal(kind, objectId, plaintext, path, keyOverride) {
+        const kRepo = keyOverride?.k_repo ?? this.kRepo();
+        const epoch = keyOverride?.epoch ?? this.epoch();
+        const sealed = sealFrame({ k_obj: deriveObjectKey(kRepo, this.repoId, epoch, kind, objectId), repo_id: this.repoId, object_kind: kind, object_id: objectId, epoch, plaintext });
         return { path, object_kind: kind, object_id: objectId, bytes: sealed.frame, sha256: sealed.ciphertext_sha256, size_bytes: sealed.size_bytes };
     }
     /**
@@ -1017,7 +1078,7 @@ export class GitvaultVault {
             fail("GITVAULT_READ_ONLY", "the signing key is missing from identity.json; this principal is read-only", "signing gitvault object", undefined, [{ action: "stay read-only at the materialized pin" }]);
         return kp;
     }
-    buildRefState(generation, refs, headTarget) {
+    buildRefState(generation, refs, headTarget, keyOverride) {
         if (headTarget.kind === "symref" && !BRANCH_REF_RE.test(headTarget.ref))
             fail("REFNAME_UNSUPPORTED", `head_target symref must name a refs/heads/* branch: ${headTarget.ref}`, "building ref_state");
         if (headTarget.kind === "detached" && !GITVAULT_OID40_RE.test(headTarget.oid))
@@ -1031,15 +1092,15 @@ export class GitvaultVault {
         const plaintext = storedBytes(object);
         if (plaintext.length > GITVAULT_MAX_REF_STATE_OBJECT_BYTES)
             fail("REF_STATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED", "ref_state object exceeds 32 MiB", "building ref_state");
-        return { object, upload: this.seal("ref_state", id, plaintext, gitvaultPaths.refState(id)) };
+        return { object, upload: this.seal("ref_state", id, plaintext, gitvaultPaths.refState(id), keyOverride) };
     }
-    buildRetentionRoots(generation, roots, cutoff) {
+    buildRetentionRoots(generation, roots, cutoff, keyOverride) {
         const id = newGitvaultId("rr");
         const object = signGitvaultObject({ format: GITVAULT_FORMAT, object_kind: "retention_roots", suite: GITVAULT_SUITE, repo_id: this.repoId, object_id: id, generation, cutoff, roots: [...roots].sort(compareRoots) }, this.signer());
         const plaintext = storedBytes(object);
         if (plaintext.length > GITVAULT_MAX_REF_STATE_OBJECT_BYTES)
             fail("REF_STATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED", "retention_roots object exceeds 32 MiB", "building retention_roots");
-        return { object, upload: this.seal("retention_roots", id, plaintext, gitvaultPaths.retentionRoots(id)) };
+        return { object, upload: this.seal("retention_roots", id, plaintext, gitvaultPaths.retentionRoots(id), keyOverride) };
     }
     /** Plaintext, independently non-thin packs covering `reachable(tips) ∖ reachable(base)`, split at the multi-object target. */
     async buildPacks(tips, base) {
@@ -1518,8 +1579,31 @@ export class GitvaultVault {
         }
         return issued;
     }
-    signHead(fields) {
-        return signGitvaultObject({ format: GITVAULT_FORMAT, object_kind: "head", suite: GITVAULT_SUITE, repo_id: this.repoId, generation: fields.generation, prev_sha256: fields.prev_sha256, epoch: GITVAULT_GENESIS_EPOCH, wal_entries: fields.wal_entries, ref_state: fields.ref_state, retention_roots: fields.retention_roots, checkpoint: fields.checkpoint, checkpoint_purpose: fields.checkpoint_purpose, capture_binding: fields.capture_binding, repair: fields.repair, transition: null, writer_key_id: this.writerKeyId(), created_at: formatGitvaultTimestamp(this.now()) }, this.signer());
+    /**
+     * `overrides.epoch` (D194, rev 42 fix): defaults to `this.epoch()` — the
+     * LOCALLY KNOWN current epoch — rather than the fixed genesis constant.
+     * This is load-bearing, not cosmetic: once ANY rotation has landed, every
+     * ORDINARY (non-`rotate_epoch`) head this principal signs must still
+     * claim the vault's CURRENT epoch (protocol §4.3's chain-link rule —
+     * "every head's epoch equals its predecessor's UNLESS this head admits a
+     * `rotate_epoch` transition"); hard-coding the generation-1 constant here
+     * would make EVERY ordinary push after a vault's first rotation refuse
+     * `CHAIN_BROKEN` forever. `rotateEpoch` passes `overrides.epoch = new_epoch`
+     * explicitly for the ONE head that legitimately claims a DIFFERENT epoch
+     * than `this.epoch()` currently reads (the local pointer only advances
+     * AFTER a successful admit, via `keystore.recordEpochRotation`).
+     */
+    signHead(fields, overrides) {
+        const unsigned = {
+            format: GITVAULT_FORMAT, object_kind: "head", suite: GITVAULT_SUITE, repo_id: this.repoId,
+            generation: fields.generation, prev_sha256: fields.prev_sha256, epoch: overrides?.epoch ?? this.epoch(),
+            wal_entries: fields.wal_entries, ref_state: fields.ref_state, retention_roots: fields.retention_roots,
+            checkpoint: fields.checkpoint, checkpoint_purpose: fields.checkpoint_purpose, capture_binding: fields.capture_binding,
+            repair: fields.repair, transition: overrides?.transition ?? null,
+            ...(overrides?.pin_manifest ? { pin_manifest: overrides.pin_manifest } : {}),
+            writer_key_id: this.writerKeyId(), created_at: formatGitvaultTimestamp(this.now()),
+        };
+        return signGitvaultObject(unsigned, this.signer());
     }
     /** Admit a signed head; on success read it back from storage and compare BEFORE any pin advances. */
     async admit(head) {
@@ -1536,6 +1620,468 @@ export class GitvaultVault {
         this.keystore.updateRepo(this.repoId, { head_pin: pin, materialized_pin: pin, verified_prefix: null });
         return { outcome: "admitted", head_sha256: hash, admission_record_sha256: result.admission_record_sha256, capture_receipt: result.capture_receipt };
     }
+    // ── epoch rotation (D193-D203, rev 42, change gitvault-human-envelopes) ──
+    /**
+     * Walk the chain BACKWARD from the current tip to find the nearest
+     * admitted `recipient_pin_manifest` receipt (D197: "a fresh client... reads
+     * the LATEST admitted manifest, walking `prev_sha256` back to the nearest
+     * head carrying one"). Heads are plaintext-structured/signed (never
+     * encrypted) so this needs no key material — only signature verification
+     * against the creator's own pubkey. Falls back to `vault_genesis.pin_manifest`
+     * (D198 N-recipient genesis — this SDK does not BUILD one, but reads one
+     * correctly for interop), then to the zero-value sentinel (no manifest has
+     * ever been admitted — every principal starts `excluded_unconfirmed`).
+     *
+     * Cost is O(distance to the nearest pin-manifest-bearing head) — for a
+     * vault that has never published one, that is every generation back to
+     * genesis. There is no index that avoids this in protocol v0 (the same
+     * cost class `verifyToNewest`'s own chain walk already has); a vault with
+     * a long, pin-manifest-free history pays it once per rotation.
+     */
+    async loadEffectivePinManifest(newestGeneration) {
+        const { genesis } = await this.genesis();
+        let gen = generationToBigInt(newestGeneration);
+        while (gen >= 1n) {
+            const generation = gen.toString(16).padStart(16, "0");
+            const bytes = await this.transport.getObject({ repo_id: this.repoId, path: gitvaultPaths.head(generation) });
+            if (!bytes)
+                fail("CHAIN_BROKEN", `head ${generation} is missing from storage while resolving the effective pin manifest`, "resolving the effective recipient pin manifest", { generation });
+            const head = parseGitvaultStrict(new TextDecoder().decode(bytes));
+            if (head.pin_manifest)
+                return this.readPinManifestObject(head.pin_manifest);
+            gen -= 1n;
+        }
+        if (genesis.pin_manifest)
+            return this.readPinManifestObject(genesis.pin_manifest);
+        return { pinManifestVersion: "0".repeat(16), pinManifestSha256: GITVAULT_ZERO_SHA256_SENTINEL, pinnedFingerprintOf: new Map() };
+    }
+    /**
+     * Local-cache short-circuit (see {@link GitvaultRepoFile.known_pin_manifest}'s
+     * own doc comment for why this is safe): a manifest THIS keystore itself
+     * just built, signed, and admitted is resolved from the on-disk cache
+     * instead of a network `object-reads` round trip — same return shape,
+     * skipped only on an exact `(pin_manifest_version, stored_bytes_sha256)`
+     * match against `receipt`. A miss (cache absent, or naming a DIFFERENT
+     * manifest — e.g. one another principal/machine published) falls through
+     * to the unchanged network path below.
+     *
+     * **Known gap this happens to route around, not fix:** the gateway's
+     * `POST …/object-reads` route does not yet recognize `recipient_pin_manifest`
+     * as a readable `object_kind` at all (`services/gitvault/reads.ts`
+     * `validateReadRequest`'s null-`idScalar` branch is still hardcoded to
+     * `key_envelope`'s `{epoch, recipient_fingerprint}` shape — the ONE other
+     * path-addressed kind, `recipient_pin_manifest`, was never folded in when
+     * D197 shipped it with its own `{pin_manifest_version}` `pathFields`).
+     * Confirmed live 2026-08-27 against `src_c78d2f710a8f49d22f9c66faf2a915cd`:
+     * every read attempt fails `400 VALIDATION_FAILED "objects[0]: epoch must
+     * be 16 hex"`. This cache unblocks the SAME keystore re-reading its OWN
+     * just-published manifest (this ceremony's actual need) but does nothing
+     * for a genuinely fresh keystore/machine reading an EXISTING manifest for
+     * the first time (§4.11's "fresh client... SEEDS its local pin file from
+     * it" onboarding path) — that still needs the gateway fix.
+     */
+    async readPinManifestObject(receipt) {
+        const known = this.repoFile().known_pin_manifest;
+        if (known && known.pin_manifest_version === receipt.pin_manifest_version && known.stored_bytes_sha256 === receipt.stored_bytes_sha256) {
+            return { pinManifestVersion: known.pin_manifest_version, pinManifestSha256: known.stored_bytes_sha256, pinnedFingerprintOf: new Map(known.pins.map((p) => [p.principal_id, p.ek_fingerprint])) };
+        }
+        const bytes = await this.transport.getObject({ repo_id: this.repoId, path: gitvaultPaths.pinManifest(receipt.pin_manifest_version) });
+        if (!bytes || sha256Hex(bytes) !== receipt.stored_bytes_sha256) {
+            fail("GITVAULT_RECEIPT_MISMATCH", `recipient_pin_manifest ${receipt.pin_manifest_version} is absent or does not match its receipted hash`, "resolving the effective recipient pin manifest", { pin_manifest_version: receipt.pin_manifest_version });
+        }
+        const manifest = parseGitvaultStrict(new TextDecoder().decode(bytes));
+        const { genesis } = await this.genesis();
+        if (!verifyGitvaultObject(manifest, genesis.creator_signing_pubkey)) {
+            fail("GITVAULT_SIGNATURE_INVALID", `recipient_pin_manifest ${receipt.pin_manifest_version} signature does not verify`, "resolving the effective recipient pin manifest", { pin_manifest_version: receipt.pin_manifest_version });
+        }
+        const pinnedFingerprintOf = new Map(manifest.pins.map((p) => [p.principal_id, p.ek_fingerprint]));
+        return { pinManifestVersion: receipt.pin_manifest_version, pinManifestSha256: receipt.stored_bytes_sha256, pinnedFingerprintOf };
+    }
+    /**
+     * Build the successor `recipient_pin_manifest` object from the currently-
+     * effective PREDECESSOR manifest plus a batch of receipted updates (D197
+     * full-map conservation: `next_map = prior_map + receipt-authorized
+     * additions/replacements`). Shared by {@link publishPinManifestUpdate} (a
+     * single-entry ordinary-push publish) and {@link rotateEpoch}'s
+     * `pending_confirmations` fold (a multi-entry publish riding the SAME
+     * head as the rotation, D196). Validates EVERY update's receipt against
+     * `prior` before building — a receipt issued against a stale predecessor
+     * fails closed here (`VALIDATION_FAILED`), never silently overwritten,
+     * matching the gateway's own admission-time field-by-field check.
+     *
+     * Does NOT admit anything — the caller uploads `.upload` and attaches the
+     * returned `{object_kind, pin_manifest_version, stored_bytes_sha256,
+     * size_bytes}` receipt shape to whichever head it is publishing on.
+     */
+    buildPinManifestUpdate(prior, updates) {
+        for (const u of updates) {
+            if (u.receipt.base_pin_manifest_sha256 !== prior.pinManifestSha256) {
+                fail("VALIDATION_FAILED", `the confirmation receipt for ${u.principal_id} was issued against a different predecessor manifest than the one currently effective — obtain a fresh /confirm or /repin`, "publishing a recipient_pin_manifest update", { principal_id: u.principal_id, receipt_base: u.receipt.base_pin_manifest_sha256, current_base: prior.pinManifestSha256 });
+            }
+        }
+        const updateIds = new Set(updates.map((u) => u.principal_id));
+        if (updateIds.size !== updates.length) {
+            fail("VALIDATION_FAILED", "duplicate principal_id across pin-manifest updates in one publish", "publishing a recipient_pin_manifest update", { principal_ids: updates.map((u) => u.principal_id) });
+        }
+        const nextVersion = (generationToBigInt(prior.pinManifestVersion) + 1n).toString(16).padStart(16, "0");
+        const pins = [];
+        for (const [principalId, ekFp] of prior.pinnedFingerprintOf) {
+            if (updateIds.has(principalId))
+                continue; // replaced below
+            pins.push({ principal_id: principalId, ek_fingerprint: ekFp, pinned_at: formatGitvaultTimestamp(this.now()), confirmed_by: "operator_confirmation", confirmation_receipt_sha256: GITVAULT_ZERO_SHA256_SENTINEL });
+        }
+        for (const u of updates) {
+            pins.push({ principal_id: u.principal_id, ek_fingerprint: u.ek_fingerprint, pinned_at: formatGitvaultTimestamp(this.now()), confirmed_by: "operator_confirmation", confirmation_receipt_sha256: storedBytesSha256(u.receipt) });
+        }
+        pins.sort((a, b) => (a.principal_id < b.principal_id ? -1 : a.principal_id > b.principal_id ? 1 : 0));
+        const unsignedManifest = { format: GITVAULT_FORMAT, object_kind: "recipient_pin_manifest", suite: GITVAULT_SUITE, repo_id: this.repoId, pin_manifest_version: nextVersion, base_pin_manifest_sha256: prior.pinManifestSha256, pins, writer_key_id: this.writerKeyId() };
+        const manifest = signGitvaultObject(unsignedManifest, this.signer());
+        const manifestBytes = storedBytes(manifest);
+        const manifestSha = sha256Hex(manifestBytes);
+        const upload = { path: gitvaultPaths.pinManifest(nextVersion), object_kind: "recipient_pin_manifest", object_id: null, bytes: manifestBytes, sha256: manifestSha, size_bytes: String(manifestBytes.length) };
+        return { nextVersion, manifestSha, upload, pins: pins.map((p) => ({ principal_id: p.principal_id, ek_fingerprint: p.ek_fingerprint })) };
+    }
+    /**
+     * Build a `recipient_pin_manifest` update (D197 full-map conservation) and
+     * publish it via an ORDINARY head (`gitvault.writer`-sufficient — the
+     * OWNER-GATED half of the ceremony already happened at `/confirm`/`/repin`,
+     * which is what produced `receipt`; PUBLISHING the resulting entry is
+     * ordinary-writer authority, same split as envelope-wrap authority
+     * always had). Carries the SAME refs/roots forward unchanged, at the
+     * CURRENT epoch (this is not a rotation — no new epoch, no new K_e).
+     *
+     * **This is an ORDINARY admission (`transition: null`) and is therefore
+     * itself refused `EPOCH_ROTATION_REQUIRED` while a migration/revocation/
+     * exposure condition is outstanding on this vault (D193) — the exact
+     * deadlock the incident behind {@link GitvaultVault.rotateEpoch}'s
+     * `pending_confirmations` parameter closes.** When this vault is in that
+     * state, fold the receipt into `rotateEpoch({..., pending_confirmations:
+     * [{principal_id, ek_fingerprint, receipt}]})` instead of calling this
+     * method directly — that submission carries a `rotate_epoch` transition,
+     * which IS the gate's own escape valve.
+     */
+    async publishPinManifestUpdate(input) {
+        let conflicts = 0;
+        for (;;) {
+            const base = await this.materialize();
+            const prior = await this.loadEffectivePinManifest(base.generation);
+            const { nextVersion, manifestSha, upload: manifestUpload, pins } = this.buildPinManifestUpdate(prior, [input]);
+            await this.uploadAll([manifestUpload]);
+            const generation = nextGeneration(base.generation);
+            const refState = this.buildRefState(generation, base.refs, base.head_target);
+            const rootsObj = this.buildRetentionRoots(generation, base.roots, null);
+            await this.uploadAll([refState.upload, rootsObj.upload]);
+            const head = this.signHead({
+                generation, prev_sha256: base.head_sha256, wal_entries: [],
+                ref_state: { object_id: refState.object.object_id, object_kind: "ref_state", ciphertext_sha256: refState.upload.sha256, size_bytes: refState.upload.size_bytes },
+                retention_roots: { object_id: rootsObj.object.object_id, object_kind: "retention_roots", ciphertext_sha256: rootsObj.upload.sha256, size_bytes: rootsObj.upload.size_bytes },
+                checkpoint: null, checkpoint_purpose: null, capture_binding: null, repair: null,
+            }, { pin_manifest: { object_kind: "recipient_pin_manifest", pin_manifest_version: nextVersion, stored_bytes_sha256: manifestSha, size_bytes: String(manifestUpload.size_bytes) } });
+            const admitted = await this.admit(head);
+            if (admitted.outcome === "conflict") {
+                conflicts += 1;
+                if (conflicts > this.retries)
+                    fail("HEAD_CAS_CONFLICT", `the pin-manifest update lost ${conflicts} races at generation ${generation}; giving up`, "publishing a recipient_pin_manifest update", { generation, winner: admitted.winner });
+                continue;
+            }
+            // Cache OUR OWN just-admitted manifest (see readPinManifestObject's
+            // doc comment) so a LATER call on this vault — most importantly
+            // rotateEpoch's own loadEffectivePinManifest, which MUST read the
+            // predecessor manifest back to compute confirmed() (D196) — resolves
+            // it locally instead of a network object-reads round trip.
+            this.keystore.updateRepo(this.repoId, { known_pin_manifest: { pin_manifest_version: nextVersion, stored_bytes_sha256: manifestSha, pins } });
+            return { generation, head_sha256: admitted.head_sha256, head, admission_record_sha256: admitted.admission_record_sha256, capture_receipt: admitted.capture_receipt, form: "wal", conflicts_retried: conflicts, refs: base.refs };
+        }
+    }
+    /**
+     * Drive one epoch rotation to a committed head (D193-D203). This is the
+     * producer's obligations in full: sample a FRESH `K_e` independent of
+     * every prior epoch key this principal has locally held; compute the H
+     * bijection from the live desired-recipient state + the effective pin
+     * manifest; seal one `key_envelope` per included recipient from the SAME
+     * `K_e`; submit the create-only `rotation_attempt_descriptor` BEFORE any
+     * envelope upload; upload the envelopes; submit the `rotate_epoch` head;
+     * on a CAS conflict, retry from a fresh `materialize()` (the SAME
+     * conflict-retry shape `push()` uses); after commit, verify this
+     * principal's OWN envelope (when it is itself a recipient) opens to
+     * exactly the committed `K_e` and reproduces `epoch_key_commitment`
+     * (D200's narrowed per-recipient self-check — never a global proof);
+     * advance the local keystore's current epoch/key pointer AND retain the
+     * prior key in `epoch_keys`.
+     *
+     * **`recipient_state_version`/`recipient_revocation_version` are REQUIRED
+     * inputs, not discovered here.** The gateway exposes NO general read route
+     * for `internal.gitvault_recipient_state_counters` (D194) — the ONLY
+     * client-visible read of these two org-scoped counters today is the
+     * response of `POST …/recipients/:principal_id/key-revocation`
+     * ({@link GitvaultTransport.declareRecipientKeyRevoked}), which is why
+     * {@link rotateEpochForKeyRevocation} (below) is the one fully
+     * self-contained entry point. For `member_removed` / `elective_rekey` /
+     * `epoch_secret_exposed`, a caller that does not already know the current
+     * counter pair cannot discover it from any shipped gateway route — this
+     * is a confirmed gap in the live gateway (verified against
+     * `packages/gateway/src/services/gitvault/reads.ts:getVaultRecord` and
+     * every `routes/gitvault*.ts` handler, not inferred), not a client
+     * limitation this SDK can work around. Passing a stale/guessed pair fails
+     * safely: the admission fence's D194 frozen-counter comparison refuses
+     * `RECIPIENT_SET_MISMATCH` rather than silently canonizing against wrong
+     * evidence.
+     *
+     * **`options.pending_confirmations` (the manifest-publish deadlock fix).**
+     * `publishPinManifestUpdate` is an ORDINARY admission (`transition:
+     * null`) and is therefore itself refused `EPOCH_ROTATION_REQUIRED` while
+     * this vault has an urgent/migration condition outstanding — the exact
+     * state a `rotateEpoch` call is being made to clear. Reproduced live in
+     * production 2026-08-27 (a vault's first `epoch_secret_exposed` rekey:
+     * `/confirm` minted a receipt server-side, but the ordinary push that
+     * would publish it never admitted). Pass the pending receipted updates
+     * here instead — they ride the SAME head as this rotation's `transition`,
+     * which IS `EPOCH_ROTATION_REQUIRED`'s own escape valve, so the publish
+     * is no longer blocked. **This does NOT include these principals in
+     * THIS rotation's `envelopes[]`** — protocol-v0.md D196 is explicit: "a
+     * manifest update riding the SAME head never self-authorizes its own
+     * recipients"; `confirmed(h)` for THIS rotation still reads only the
+     * PREDECESSOR manifest, unchanged. They land in
+     * `excluded_unconfirmed_principal_ids` here (same as without folding) and
+     * become eligible starting at the NEXT rotation, once this manifest is
+     * the admitted predecessor. See {@link GitvaultRotationResult.pin_manifest_published}.
+     *
+     * **Honest residual — this does not rescue a vault with ZERO ever-
+     * confirmed principals.** If `included` would be empty even with the
+     * fold (no predecessor-confirmed principal exists at all — e.g. a
+     * grandfathered pre-rev-42 vault whose bare genesis never published a
+     * pin manifest and which was never bootstrapped before its
+     * `migration_rotation_required` flag was set), the gateway refuses
+     * `EPOCH_ROTATION_WOULD_LEAVE_VAULT_UNCOVERED` regardless of what rides
+     * along on `pin_manifest` — D196's same-head exclusion makes THIS
+     * impossible to route around from the client. That is a genuine,
+     * currently-open protocol gap (not something this parameter can paper
+     * over) and needs an operator-side decision, not a client workaround.
+     */
+    async rotateEpoch(options) {
+        let conflicts = 0;
+        for (;;) {
+            const base = await this.materialize();
+            const repo = this.repoFile();
+            const currentEpoch = base.head?.epoch ?? this.epoch();
+            const newEpoch = nextEpoch(currentEpoch);
+            // D195's producer obligation: a fresh K_e, checked against EVERY prior
+            // epoch key this principal has ever locally held.
+            const kE = randomBytes(32);
+            const priorKnownKeys = Object.values(repo.epoch_keys ?? { [repo.epoch]: repo.k_repo_hex }).map(hexToBytes);
+            checkFreshEpochKeyAgainstPriorKeys(kE, priorKnownKeys);
+            // Live desired-recipient state (H) + the effective pin manifest.
+            const envelopeRecipients = await this.transport.listEnvelopeRecipients({ repo_id: this.repoId });
+            const desired = envelopeRecipients.desired;
+            if (!desired) {
+                fail("GITVAULT_DESIRED_STATE_UNAVAILABLE", "the gateway did not report desired-recipient state (desired[]) for this vault — an epoch rotation cannot compute its H-partition without it", "computing the epoch-rotation H-partition");
+            }
+            const pinManifest = await this.loadEffectivePinManifest(base.generation);
+            // D196's H-partition: included / excluded_keyless / excluded_unconfirmed.
+            // A `pending_removal` desired-recipient row is EXCLUDED from H entirely
+            // (the gateway's own H is `status='active'` only) — that omission is
+            // the entire forward-revocation point for reason:"member_removed".
+            const included = [];
+            const excludedKeyless = [];
+            const excludedUnconfirmed = [];
+            const pinBlocked = [];
+            for (const d of desired) {
+                if (d.status !== "active")
+                    continue;
+                if (!d.ek_fingerprint || !d.public_key) {
+                    excludedKeyless.push(d.principal_id);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                const pinned = pinManifest.pinnedFingerprintOf.get(d.principal_id);
+                if (pinned === undefined) {
+                    excludedUnconfirmed.push(d.principal_id);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (pinned !== d.ek_fingerprint) {
+                    // A live pin exists but disagrees with the directory's current
+                    // fingerprint (the principal re-enrolled a key since their last
+                    // confirmation). Neither "included" (D196 requires the envelope
+                    // fingerprint to equal the PINNED one) nor "excluded_unconfirmed"
+                    // (D196/gateway validation requires pinnedFingerprintOf to LACK
+                    // them entirely) is a legal bucket for this principal under the
+                    // protocol as specified — the owner must run `/repin` first.
+                    pinBlocked.push({ principal_id: d.principal_id, directory_fingerprint: d.ek_fingerprint, pinned_fingerprint: pinned });
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let pub;
+                try {
+                    pub = fromBase64url(d.public_key, "public_key");
+                }
+                catch {
+                    pinBlocked.push({ principal_id: d.principal_id, directory_fingerprint: d.ek_fingerprint, pinned_fingerprint: pinned });
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (ekFingerprint(pub) !== d.ek_fingerprint) {
+                    pinBlocked.push({ principal_id: d.principal_id, directory_fingerprint: d.ek_fingerprint, pinned_fingerprint: pinned });
+                    continue;
+                }
+                included.push({ principal_id: d.principal_id, ek_fingerprint: d.ek_fingerprint, public_key: pub });
+            }
+            if (pinBlocked.length > 0) {
+                fail("GITVAULT_ROTATION_BLOCKED_PIN_MISMATCH", `${pinBlocked.length} principal(s) have a live pin that disagrees with their current directory key and cannot be safely included or excluded under the protocol's own H-partition rules — run the /repin ceremony for each, then retry: ${pinBlocked.map((p) => p.principal_id).join(", ")}`, "computing the epoch-rotation H-partition", { blocked: pinBlocked });
+            }
+            if (options.reason === "elective_rekey" && (excludedKeyless.length > 0 || excludedUnconfirmed.length > 0)) {
+                fail("EPOCH_ROTATION_INCOMPLETE_ENROLLMENT", `reason:"elective_rekey" refuses a target set that is a proper subset of the vault's current actual coverage — ${excludedKeyless.length} keyless, ${excludedUnconfirmed.length} unconfirmed`, "computing the epoch-rotation H-partition", { excluded_keyless_principal_ids: excludedKeyless, excluded_unconfirmed_principal_ids: excludedUnconfirmed });
+            }
+            if (included.length === 0) {
+                fail("EPOCH_ROTATION_WOULD_LEAVE_VAULT_UNCOVERED", "every eligible principal is excluded — this reason would leave the vault with no recipient able to decrypt the new epoch", "computing the epoch-rotation H-partition");
+            }
+            // Self-consistency (defense in depth — the gateway's own recomputation under its live lock is authoritative).
+            const desiredIds = new Set(desired.filter((d) => d.status === "active").map((d) => d.principal_id));
+            const keyedIds = new Set(desired.filter((d) => d.status === "active" && d.ek_fingerprint).map((d) => d.principal_id));
+            const hCheck = checkHPartition({ desiredPrincipalIds: desiredIds, keyedPrincipalIds: keyedIds, pinnedFingerprintOf: pinManifest.pinnedFingerprintOf, included, excludedKeylessPrincipalIds: excludedKeyless, excludedUnconfirmedPrincipalIds: excludedUnconfirmed });
+            if (!hCheck.ok)
+                fail("VALIDATION_FAILED", `internal: the H-partition this producer built is not a valid bijection over H (${hCheck.detail}) — refusing to submit a rotation the gateway would refuse`, "computing the epoch-rotation H-partition");
+            const targetPartitionDigest = computeTargetPartitionDigest({
+                recipient_state_version: options.recipient_state_version,
+                recipient_revocation_version: options.recipient_revocation_version,
+                pin_manifest_version: pinManifest.pinManifestVersion,
+                pin_manifest_sha256: pinManifest.pinManifestSha256,
+                included: included.map((p) => ({ principal_id: p.principal_id, ek_fingerprint: p.ek_fingerprint })),
+                excluded_keyless_principal_ids: excludedKeyless,
+                excluded_unconfirmed_principal_ids: excludedUnconfirmed,
+            });
+            // D195: build + sign the rotation_attempt_descriptor, derive rotation_id, submit the create-only CAS BEFORE any envelope upload.
+            const clientIdempotencyKey = options.client_idempotency_key ?? newHex32();
+            const descriptorFields = {
+                format: GITVAULT_FORMAT, object_kind: "rotation_attempt_descriptor", suite: GITVAULT_SUITE,
+                repo_id: this.repoId, base_head_sha256: base.head_sha256, new_epoch: newEpoch,
+                recipient_state_version: options.recipient_state_version, recipient_revocation_version: options.recipient_revocation_version,
+                pin_manifest_sha256: pinManifest.pinManifestSha256, target_partition_digest: targetPartitionDigest,
+                client_idempotency_key: clientIdempotencyKey, writer_key_id: this.writerKeyId(),
+            };
+            const attemptCommitment = attemptKeyCommitment(kE, this.repoId, newEpoch, descriptorFields);
+            const signedDescriptor = signGitvaultObject({ ...descriptorFields, attempt_key_commitment: attemptCommitment }, this.signer());
+            const rotationId = computeRotationId(signedDescriptor);
+            const attemptOut = await this.transport.createRotationAttempt({ repo_id: this.repoId, descriptor: signedDescriptor });
+            if (attemptOut.rotation_id !== rotationId) {
+                fail("ROTATION_ID_MISMATCH", "the gateway's own re-derived rotation_id disagrees with this client's derivation — refusing to proceed", "creating a rotation attempt", { client_derived: rotationId, gateway_derived: attemptOut.rotation_id });
+            }
+            // Seal one key_envelope per included recipient, all from the SAME kE (D200's global one-key property depends on this).
+            const sealedReceipts = [];
+            const envelopeUploads = [];
+            const nowIso = formatGitvaultTimestamp(this.now());
+            for (const p of included) {
+                const sealed = await sealKeyEnvelope({ k_repo: kE, repo_id: this.repoId, epoch: newEpoch, recipient_public_key: p.public_key, signer: this.signingKeypair(), created_at: nowIso, rotation_id: rotationId });
+                sealedReceipts.push({ principal_id: p.principal_id, envelope: sealed.receipt });
+                envelopeUploads.push({ path: gitvaultPaths.envelope(newEpoch, p.ek_fingerprint, rotationId), object_kind: "key_envelope", object_id: null, bytes: sealed.stored_bytes, sha256: sealed.stored_bytes_sha256, size_bytes: sealed.size_bytes });
+            }
+            if (envelopeUploads.length > 0)
+                await this.uploadAll(envelopeUploads);
+            sealedReceipts.sort((a, b) => (a.principal_id < b.principal_id ? -1 : a.principal_id > b.principal_id ? 1 : 0));
+            const epochKeyCommitmentValue = epochRotationKeyCommitment(kE, this.repoId, newEpoch, rotationId, included.map((p) => p.ek_fingerprint));
+            const payload = {
+                new_epoch: newEpoch, rotation_id: rotationId, reason: options.reason,
+                recipient_state_version: options.recipient_state_version, recipient_revocation_version: options.recipient_revocation_version,
+                pin_manifest_sha256: pinManifest.pinManifestSha256, target_partition_digest: targetPartitionDigest,
+                epoch_key_commitment: epochKeyCommitmentValue, excluded_keyless_principal_ids: excludedKeyless, excluded_unconfirmed_principal_ids: excludedUnconfirmed,
+                recipient_authority_attestation: null, envelopes: sealedReceipts,
+            };
+            const payloadBytes = jcs(payload);
+            const transition = { kind: "rotate_epoch", payload_format: "base64url-jcs", payload: toBase64url(payloadBytes), payload_sha256: sha256Hex(payloadBytes) };
+            // The manifest-publish deadlock fix: fold receipted pending
+            // confirmations into THIS SAME head's `pin_manifest` field (schema-
+            // legal, §4.3 — `transition` and `pin_manifest` are independent
+            // optional fields on one `head`). Built from `pinManifest`, the
+            // PREDECESSOR already loaded above for the H-partition — NEVER used
+            // to recompute `included`/`excludedUnconfirmed` above, which is what
+            // keeps this conformant with D196 ("a manifest update riding the SAME
+            // head never self-authorizes its own recipients"). This durably
+            // publishes the receipts (unblocking every future ordinary admission
+            // once this rotation clears the urgent/migration condition) without
+            // claiming these principals are covered by THIS rotation's envelopes.
+            const pendingConfirmations = options.pending_confirmations ?? [];
+            const pinManifestFold = pendingConfirmations.length > 0
+                ? this.buildPinManifestUpdate(pinManifest, pendingConfirmations.map((p) => ({ principal_id: p.principal_id, ek_fingerprint: p.ek_fingerprint, confirmed_by: "operator_confirmation", receipt: p.receipt })))
+                : null;
+            // The new epoch's ref_state/retention_roots — CARRIED FORWARD unchanged, sealed under kE.
+            const generation = nextGeneration(base.generation);
+            const refState = this.buildRefState(generation, base.refs, base.head_target, { k_repo: kE, epoch: newEpoch });
+            const rootsObj = this.buildRetentionRoots(generation, base.roots, null, { k_repo: kE, epoch: newEpoch });
+            const uploads = [refState.upload, rootsObj.upload];
+            if (pinManifestFold)
+                uploads.push(pinManifestFold.upload);
+            await this.uploadAll(uploads);
+            const head = this.signHead({
+                generation, prev_sha256: base.head_sha256, wal_entries: [],
+                ref_state: { object_id: refState.object.object_id, object_kind: "ref_state", ciphertext_sha256: refState.upload.sha256, size_bytes: refState.upload.size_bytes },
+                retention_roots: { object_id: rootsObj.object.object_id, object_kind: "retention_roots", ciphertext_sha256: rootsObj.upload.sha256, size_bytes: rootsObj.upload.size_bytes },
+                checkpoint: null, checkpoint_purpose: null, capture_binding: null, repair: null,
+            }, {
+                epoch: newEpoch, transition,
+                ...(pinManifestFold ? { pin_manifest: { object_kind: "recipient_pin_manifest", pin_manifest_version: pinManifestFold.nextVersion, stored_bytes_sha256: pinManifestFold.manifestSha, size_bytes: pinManifestFold.upload.size_bytes } } : {}),
+            });
+            const admitted = await this.admit(head);
+            if (admitted.outcome === "conflict") {
+                conflicts += 1;
+                if (conflicts > this.retries)
+                    fail("HEAD_CAS_CONFLICT", `the rotation lost ${conflicts} races at generation ${generation}; giving up`, "admitting a rotate_epoch head", { generation, winner: admitted.winner });
+                continue;
+            }
+            // D200's post-commit self-check: verify THIS principal's own envelope
+            // (when it is itself a recipient) opens to exactly the committed K_e
+            // and reproduces epoch_key_commitment — a per-recipient proof only,
+            // never a global set-coherence claim.
+            let selfCheck = "not_a_recipient";
+            const identity = this.keystore.readIdentity();
+            const ownKeypair = identity ? this.keystore.encryptionKeypair(identity) : null;
+            if (identity && ownKeypair) {
+                const ownFingerprint = ekFingerprint(ownKeypair.public_key);
+                const own = included.find((p) => p.ek_fingerprint === ownFingerprint);
+                const ownPair = own ? sealedReceipts.find((r) => r.principal_id === own.principal_id) : undefined;
+                if (own && ownPair) {
+                    const envelopeBytes = await this.transport.getObject({ repo_id: this.repoId, path: gitvaultPaths.envelope(newEpoch, own.ek_fingerprint, rotationId) });
+                    if (!envelopeBytes || sha256Hex(envelopeBytes) !== ownPair.envelope.stored_bytes_sha256) {
+                        fail("GITVAULT_RECEIPT_MISMATCH", "this principal's own rotation-attempt envelope is absent or altered after commit", "verifying the committed epoch key", { rotation_id: rotationId });
+                    }
+                    const envelopeObj = parseGitvaultStrict(new TextDecoder().decode(envelopeBytes));
+                    // Verification key: this producer's OWN signing key — only the
+                    // vault's single registered writer key can sign a rotate_epoch
+                    // head/descriptor at all (v0 single-writer model), so a rotation
+                    // this call itself drove was necessarily signed by `this.signingKeypair()`.
+                    const recoveredKe = await openKeyEnvelope({ envelope: envelopeObj, recipient: ownKeypair, signer_public_key: this.signingKeypair().public_key });
+                    if (bytesToHex(recoveredKe) !== bytesToHex(kE)) {
+                        fail("GITVAULT_EPOCH_ROTATION_SELF_CHECK_FAILED", "this principal's own opened envelope does not recover the K_e it sealed — refusing to advance the local epoch pointer", "verifying the committed epoch key");
+                    }
+                    const recomputed = epochRotationKeyCommitment(recoveredKe, this.repoId, newEpoch, rotationId, included.map((p) => p.ek_fingerprint));
+                    if (recomputed !== epochKeyCommitmentValue) {
+                        fail("GITVAULT_EPOCH_ROTATION_SELF_CHECK_FAILED", "epoch_key_commitment does not reproduce from this principal's own opened K_e", "verifying the committed epoch key");
+                    }
+                    selfCheck = "passed";
+                }
+            }
+            // Advance the local pointer only after the self-check (when applicable) confirms this principal genuinely holds the committed K_e.
+            this.keystore.recordEpochRotation(this.repoId, { new_epoch: newEpoch, new_k_repo_hex: bytesToHex(kE) });
+            // Same local-cache short-circuit as publishPinManifestUpdate's own
+            // success path (see readPinManifestObject's doc comment) — the fold
+            // built and admitted its OWN recipient_pin_manifest on this SAME head.
+            if (pinManifestFold) {
+                this.keystore.updateRepo(this.repoId, { known_pin_manifest: { pin_manifest_version: pinManifestFold.nextVersion, stored_bytes_sha256: pinManifestFold.manifestSha, pins: pinManifestFold.pins } });
+            }
+            return {
+                outcome: "admitted", generation, head_sha256: admitted.head_sha256, new_epoch: newEpoch, rotation_id: rotationId, reason: options.reason,
+                included: included.map((p) => ({ principal_id: p.principal_id, ek_fingerprint: p.ek_fingerprint })),
+                excluded_keyless_principal_ids: excludedKeyless, excluded_unconfirmed_principal_ids: excludedUnconfirmed,
+                admission_record_sha256: admitted.admission_record_sha256, capture_receipt: admitted.capture_receipt, self_check: selfCheck,
+                pin_manifest_published: pinManifestFold ? { pin_manifest_version: pinManifestFold.nextVersion, stored_bytes_sha256: pinManifestFold.manifestSha, principal_ids: pendingConfirmations.map((p) => p.principal_id) } : null,
+            };
+        }
+    }
+    /**
+     * The ONE fully self-contained rotation entry point: declares
+     * `reason:"recipient_key_revoked"` (owner + step-up) for `principal_id`,
+     * takes the D194 counters straight off that call's OWN response, and
+     * drives the rotation with them — no external counter source needed.
+     */
+    async rotateEpochForKeyRevocation(principalId, options = {}) {
+        const counters = await this.transport.declareRecipientKeyRevoked({ repo_id: this.repoId, principal_id: principalId });
+        return this.rotateEpoch({ reason: "recipient_key_revoked", recipient_state_version: counters.recipient_state_version, recipient_revocation_version: counters.recipient_revocation_version, client_idempotency_key: options.client_idempotency_key });
+    }
     // ── repair (owner-only; mandatory fresh checkpoint; repair resource lane server-side) ──
     /**
      * Publish a repair head over `base_generation` (§4.3): superseded tips that